Category: History

Alison Oram; Annmarie Turnbull | The Lesbian History Sourcebook | Covering a 100 year period, this book looks at women who loved other women, had sex with other women, who cross-dressed and who resisted heterosexuali

Erin McHugh | The Portable Queer: Loud and Proud | ‘Now here’s the required reading I was looking for when I was in school! I can guarantee that you’ll never put these books in the closet.’-Judy Gold,

William Lipsky | Gay and Lesbian San Francisco | In recent years, San Francisco has been synonymous with gay and lesbian pride, and the various achievements of the gay and lesbian community are perso

Lynne Yamaguchi Fletcher | The First Gay Pope And Other Records | ‘Everyone from trivia buffs to journalism will enjoy this new reference book, which records hundreds of achievements, records, and firsts for the lesb

Lillian Faderman | To Believe in Women: What Lesbians Have Done For America – A History | Taking up where her 1981 classic, Surpassing the Love of Men, left off, Lillian Faderman reveals that many of the early leaders who fought for

History Project | Improper Bostonians | Amazon.com Review

Since the 17th century, Boston has played a vital role in the history of the United States as a center of society and intellectu

Eric Marcus | Making History | When Making History was first published in 1992, the acclaimed oral historian Studs Terkel called it, “One of the definitive works on gay life.” Nove

Allan Berube | Coming Out Under Fire | During World War II, as the United States called on its citizens to serve in unprecedented numbers, the presence of gay Americans in the armed forces

Neil Miller | Out of the Past | A unique and hugely absorbing narrative history of gay life-from Oscar Wilde to the first gay marriage performed in San Francisco in 2004-by the award

Paula Martinac | The Queerest Places | A lively, anecdotal history of America’s gay and lesbian history, organized by five major regions of the U.S., lists and describes a host of famous si